I’ve taken the job with Irrational Games, who are in need of a new website, as an Interface Designer. I’ll be working there 20 hours a week for most of the summer. I really wanted to be able to do some freelance work and enjoy the weather this year. I’ll be there fulltime in mid-September, although it’s going to be really hard going back to work. I’m really enjoying my current arrangement.

What I think I’m most looking forward to about working at Irrational is the challenge, I really don’t know much about this industry. A big part of why I took the job was the huge promise of learning, and the fact that I now have a great excuse to play video games.

Last week I had a to quickly familiarize myself with the concept and style of the game, BioShock, as well as the work that has already been done on it, and it looks amazing. I’m thrilled to be a part of this project and this team.

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On the freelance front, I’m working on a project for Mindseye that’s required that I write some useful and reusable code. I’ve written code for a dynamic video player, photo gallery, drop-down menu system and a text field with scroll bar. I’ll post the files when I’ve polished them up a bit more.

I’m also working some comps for the U.S. Catholics magazine website. I never thought I’d be working on something like this and I half took the job just to be able to say I did it. It’s a little weird but not as weird as I thought it would be. I’ll post some first rounds comps by Tuesday.

I’ll be starting a project for a company called Beverage Events this week. The idea is that you pay them to cater the alcohol for your party. They have theme bars and professional bartenders and everything else you might need. It sounds a bit cheesy to me, but maybe it’s just because I don’t drink. I’ll post some more info on that when it’s a bit more developed. I’m still in the concept phase.

And as always I’m working on various things over at The Ring Boxing Club. They really want to get the place in shape over the summer in time for the new school year.

I guess my three freelance projects are really a stretch for me. I don’t believe in god, I don’t drink and I don’t workout. Maybe next I’ll work on a site for gay singles.